Old
Tooheys Brothers in Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Brown Ale Regular|
Score
6.12
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Is a robustly flavored ale made with top fermentation ale yeast. The beer is lightly hopped and black malt gives it darker color. The fruity ale-like esters blend well with the subtle hoppiness and hints of coffee/chocolate to deliver a unique beer.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
375ml bottle. Almost opaque, mahogany colour with weak ruby shimmer and small to average, frothy, slowly diminishing, moderately lacing, off-white to beige head. Sweet-ish, slightly toasty and nutty, dark malty aroma, hints of toffee, toasted nuts, coffee grounds. Taste is roasty, slightly nutty, minimally spicy, dark malty, minimally caramel malty with low residual sweetness, slightly diluted hints of burnt caramel, toffee, coffee grounds, a weak touch of liquorice and sugar cane, some roasty and hoppy bitteress.
Watery texture, rather dry palate, medium, slightly foamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Not overly intense but sporting a handful of subtleties; not oll of them super tasty, though - quite nice overall.
Watery texture, rather dry palate, medium, slightly foamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Not overly intense but sporting a handful of subtleties; not oll of them super tasty, though - quite nice overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2025
at 19:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Point in Sydney's oldest pub, Fortune of War. Dark reddish brown with a creamy head. Light grassy aroma, flavour is rich malt, nice change from pale ales
Tried
from Draft
at
Fortune of War
on 18 Jul 2025
at 08:31
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2024
at 17:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Poured a clear medium brown colour with a short-lived frothy off white head. The aroma is toffee caramel malt, light nutty, light spicy liqouirce. The flavour is moderate to light bitter sweet, with a light, slightly watery, dry, spicy, caramel malt, light red berry fruit, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2019
at 14:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle enjoyed during a holiday in Australia. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. Tasting notes not kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2017
at 13:20
6/10
Tried
on 28 Mar 2016
at 04:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Explained to me as "the coal miner’s beer". Still pretty good stuff, mildly sweet, caramel, nutty. Brown body with small airy head, easy drinker.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2015
at 02:31
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Mortdale pub. Schooner of black! Very faint malt nose. Dark ruby red with thin but lasting head. Spritzy but robust. Clean bitter finish with a little coffee/cocoa right at the end. Brown ale? More like a dark lager, I think.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2015
at 01:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Mahogony in color with an off-white head. Toasted malts, molasses, chocolate, with lightly sweet fruit. Medium bodied. Pretty solid, really. Not what I look for in a brown ale, but I’d have a couple pints and be fine with it.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2014
at 11:36
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, 0.375l. Clear brown color with medium creamy off-white head and average sparkling appearance. Aroma of caramel, toasted malt, cereals and grassy hops. Taste starts with moderate sweet nutty maltiness, follows fresh grassy and mild fruity with light bitter finish. Medium body, slick texture and average carbonation in palate. Not bad and at least not an Aussie lager...
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2014
at 08:41